---
title: Nursing homes in Florida — CMS safety record
source: CMS Nursing Home Care Compare
sourceUrl: https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/
state: FL
facilities: 694
---

# Nursing homes in Florida

All **694** Medicare-certified nursing homes in Florida, with the safety record CMS publishes.

## Before the brochure: look at staffing

The best-evidenced predictor of safe care is **nurse hours per resident per day** — hands-on nursing time per resident, measured by CMS from payroll. About **4.1 total nurse hours/resident/day** is a staffing-adequacy reference (not a pass/fail line).

In Florida, the median home reports **3.66 hours/resident/day**, and **145 of 671** meet the 4.1-hour reference. A high overall star does not guarantee high staffing.

## CMS Special Focus facilities (18)

CMS places its most seriously and persistently underperforming homes on the Special Focus Facility program (or names them candidates). This is CMS's own designation — recorded, not an Atlas verdict.

- **AVIATA AT NORTH FLORIDA** (GAINESVILLE) — SFF candidate
- **AVIATA AT SANTA BARBARA** (CAPE CORAL) — SFF candidate
- **INDIAN BEACH NURSING AND REHAB CENTER** (SARASOTA) — SFF candidate
- **LAKE MARIAM HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER** (WINTER HAVEN) — SFF candidate
- **LEHIGH ACRES HEALTHCARE & REHAB CENTER** (LEHIGH ACRES) — SFF candidate
- **PARK MEADOWS HEALTHCARE & REHABILITATION CENTER** (GAINESVILLE) — SFF candidate
- **AVIATA AT BENEVA** (SARASOTA) — SFF candidate
- **AVIATA AT BIG BEND** (PERRY) — SFF candidate
- **CASA MORA REHABILITATION AND EXTENDED CARE** (BRADENTON) — SFF candidate
- **CLEARWATER CENTER** (CLEARWATER) — SFF candidate
- **CONCORDIA MANOR** (SAINT PETERSBURG) — SFF candidate
- **CORAL BAY AT PENSACOLA, LLC** (PENSACOLA) — SFF candidate
- **DADE CITY HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER** (DADE CITY) — SFF candidate
- **SARASOTA HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER** (SARASOTA) — SFF candidate
- **SHORES NURSING AND REHAB CENTER** (PORT SAINT JOE) — SFF candidate
- **AVENTURA AT THE BAY** (SAINT PETERSBURG) — Special Focus Facility
- **GROVES CENTER** (LAKE WALES) — Special Focus Facility
- **GULF COAST VILLAGE** (CAPE CORAL) — Special Focus Facility

## What this is — and is not

This is published CMS Nursing Home Care Compare data — the same facts CMS shows the public, sorted to compare. It **informs and compares**; it does **not** rate, rank, or recommend a home for an individual's needs, and no figure is a guarantee. Shortlist a few, visit in person, ask about the most recent inspection, and call your state Long-Term Care Ombudsman (theconsumervoice.org/get_help).

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